Geographic distribution of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) of the world by countries and territories Author Guglielmone, Alberto A. 0000-0001-5430-2889 guglielmone.alberto@inta.gob.ar Author Nava, Santiago 0000-0001-7791-4239 nava.santiago@inta.gob.ar Author Robbins, Richard G. 0000-0003-2443-5271 robbinsrg@si.edu text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-07 5251 1 1 274 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5251.1.1 journal article 235222 10.11646/zootaxa.5251.1.1 43227427-a867-4744-9e4c-2b2302524890 1175-5326 7704190 3326BF76-A2FB-4244-BA4C-D0AF81F55637 40. Amblyomma fimbriatum Koch, 1844a . Australasian: 1) Australia , 2) Indonesia (east of Wallace’s Line), 3) Papua New Guinea , 4) Solomon Islands ; Oriental: 1) Indonesia (west of Wallace’s Line), 2) Malaysia , 3) Philippines ( Kohls 1950b , Wilson 1969 , Kaufman 1972 , Santos Dias 1993b , Durden et al. 2008 , Owen 2011 , Petney et al. 2019 ). Records of Amblyomma fimbriatum have been published under the names Aponomma ecinctum and Aponomma simplex , which are synonyms of Amblyomma fimbriatum ( Guglielmone & Nava 2014 ) , as well as Aponomma fimbriatum . Robinson (1926) and Anastos (1950) stated that Amblyomma fimbriatum is a synonym of Amblyomma helvolum , an opinion rejected by Kohls (1957c) . Voltzit & Keirans (2002) also listed Amblyomma fimbriatum as a synonym of Amblyomma helvolum , a clearly refutable statement considering the morphological differences between these species, as discussed in Petney et al. (2019) and Guglielmone et al. (2020) .